Windshield for automobiles



C. H. VEEDER.

wlNDsHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8| IUZI.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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CURTIS HUSSEY VEEDER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T THE 'VEEDER MANUFACTURING C0., OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION QF CON- NECTICUT.

WINDSHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd B131'. 28, 19220 `.Apjgllication led October 8, 1921. Serial Nol 506,286.

T0 all'whom z't'may concern .Be it known that I, CURTIS HUSSEY VERDER, a. citizen of the United States, andl a resident of the city of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, 4have invented certain new and usefulvlmprovements in Windshields for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tion with to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof. .Z

This invention relates to the means for adjusting and securing in adjusted position the hinged or pivoted section of a windshield. The upper section of an automobile .f

windshield is usually hung, sometimes at its upper edge and sometimes at its lower edge, on trunnions and is swung to desired position by direct application of the hands to the adjustable section. It is sometimes held in position by clamps on the trunnions and sometimes by segments or rods which slide through suitable clamping devices. In practice it is usual to release the clamp or clamps and then with one hand move the adjustable section to desired position and with the other manipulate the clamping device at one end ofthe Windshield in order to retain the windshield in adjusted position, the clamping device at the other end being subsequently tightened. This operation requires the use of both hands, it frequently results in pinched 'lingers and consumes consider'- able time. It is the object of this invention to provide means whereby the entire operation, including the adjusting and the clamping, can v.beperformed with one hand and` can be performed more conveniently, more quickly, with the/ expenditure of less effort, and with much less danger of injury than is possible with thedevices heretofore employed for the purpose, and whereby the Windshield can `be securedin adjusted posireater certainty. The 'invention will be eXp ained more fully hereinafter with reference'to the accompanying drawing in Whichl "Figure 1 is a View in vertical section showing so much of the tp and Windshield of an automobile as is necessary to enable the application of the invention thereto to be understood.

Figure 2 is a partialv top View of some ot' the parts shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail View in section.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing is designed particularly for application to an automobile having a closed body, that is, a fixed top a-,and a fixed windshield frame I). The upper or adjustable section c of the windshield is shown as provided at its lower corners with trunnlons 0 which are received in trunnion blocks b secured to the frame b as by screws b2. At the upper edge of the windshield frame is a bracket (Z which furnishes a support for a stud e on which `is mounted rotatably a pinion f. The later has secured thereto a hand-wheel or handle g .and upon the threaded outer end e ofthe stud e is mounted a clamping wheel la, so that the hand-wheel g and the pinion f can be secured in adjusted position. Mounted to slide in a Isuitable guideway d is a rack yz', which may bejcurved, in a vertical plane, as"shown and may be received within a pocket a. formed therefor below the top a. At its forward end the rack 2'@ is connected, as by a link with the section C, as to the bar c2.

lTpo'n loosening the clamping nut z the" pinion f can be rotated by the hand-wheel or handle g and the adjustable section of the windshield can be swungl to desired position.

precise construction shown and described herein.

I claim as my invention: The combination' of a swinging windshield, a rackopeatively connected to thel windshield,.a fstud, a' pinion mounted on the stud and in engagement with the rack, u handle for the pinionand a clamping nut` against rotation.

This speciiication signed this 6th day of October, A. D. 1921. l CURTIS HUSSEY VERDER.

mounted on the stud to hold the pin-ion 

